Written questions

667 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Job Satisfaction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve the morale of junior doctors in the last 12 months.

14 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed new junior doctor contract on the ability of female doctors to take time out of training for parental leave.

14 Oct 2015 · Department for International Development

Palestinians: Economic Growth

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to support economic growth in the Palestinian Territories.

14 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Burma on the possible postponement of elections in that country.

16 Sep 2015 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support the Government provides to local authorities to increase the uptake of free early education.

16 Sep 2015 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) two years old and (b) three to four years old have been signed up to free early education in (i) the UK, (ii) London and (iii) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in each of the last five

16 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment his Department has made of the effect on working families of (a) reduction in income thresholds and (b) increases in the tax credits taper rate.

16 Sep 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average proportion of income spent by parents on childcare in (a) the UK and (b) London in each of the last five years.

4 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

EU Withdrawal: Economic Growth

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the possible effect of UK exit from the EU on the long-run rate of economic growth in (a) the UK and (b) London.

4 Sep 2015 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register: Students

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what support his Department is providing (a) universities and (b) schools and colleges to ensure students are signed on to the electoral register following the introduction of Individual Voter Registration.

4 Sep 2015 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register: Young People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people aged 25 and under who appeared on the electoral roll in each of the last 10 years.

21 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he consulted the Children's Commissioner for England on the redefinition of measures of child poverty.

21 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children's Commissioner for England

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times he has met the Children's Commissioner for England in each year since his initial appointment as Secretary of State.

21 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance: Bethnal Green and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers have been sanctioned in Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in each of the last six years.

21 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes to tax and tax credits on the income of women who choose to stay at home to care for children.

21 Jul 2015 · Department for International Development

Burma: Rohingya

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on the levels of malnutrition in camps for internally displaced Rohingya in Rakhine State, Burma; and what aid the UK Government is providing to those camps.

16 Mar 2015 · Department of Health

Eyesight: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the Primary Ophthalmic Services Regulations 2008 in order to ensure that entitlement for additional services includes requests made by eligible persons attending special schools.

16 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Cross Border Remittances Action Group

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date it is planned that the Action Group on Cross Border Remittances will next meet.

16 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Cross Border Remittances Action Group

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the recent work undertaken by the Action Group on Cross Border Remittances.

16 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Remittances: Somalia

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the safe corridor pilot for remittances to Somalia to open.

16 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Remittances: Somalia

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the time taken to open the safe corridor pilot for UK-Somalia remittances.

20 Feb 2015 · Department of Health

Barts Health NHS Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Barts' Trust has paid for locum staff in each of the last five years.

20 Feb 2015 · Department of Health

Public Health: Tower Hamlets

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public health grant was awarded to Tower Hamlets in each year from 2005-06 to 2013-14.

6 Feb 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that families with children are treated as a vulnerable group by energy companies.

6 Feb 2015 · Cabinet Office

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222628, when he expects to be able to release data on unemployment figures for December 2014.

6 Feb 2015 · Department for Education

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222508, what steps her Department is taking to improve its tracking and monitoring at (a) local authority and (b) national level of young people at risk of

4 Feb 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Energy: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that Ofgem ensures that consumers in debt to their energy provider are made aware by those providers of the full range of repayment plans available to them.

4 Feb 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Energy: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that Ofgem ensures that consumers are made aware of the potential effects of the installation of pre-payment meters on energy debt repayments.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Education

Transport: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on local authorities of planned policies to extend the rules governing transport for children in full-time education or undertaking an apprenticeship to 16 to 18 year

29 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Tower Hamlets

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of residents in Tower Hamlets who will receive universal credit after its roll out on 2 March 2015.

Source: official written-questions record.